Armed police 'scooped up' and ran with murdered Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, in desperate bid to save her

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Armed police officers 'scooped up' then ran with murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in a desperate bid to save her young life, a coroner's court heard today.

The court heard Olivia was then rushed in a police car to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, where an officer carried her to the main entrance as he covered a wound she had suffered with his hand. Andre Rebello, the senior coroner for Liverpool and Wirral, today formally opened inquests into the deaths of Olivia, as well as 28-year-old Ashley Dale and 22-year-old Sam Rimmer, who were also shot dead in a horror week of crime on Merseyside.

Mr Rebello, who recalled the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones being first reported to him 15 years ago, hit out at the 'heinous and unforgiving' murder of Olivia in her own home and issuing a public appeal for anyone with information to come forward to police, said it was 'shocking that a nine-year-old girl with her whole life ahead of her is shot anywhere'.

"It's quite shocking that society has not changed for the better," he said.

Tragically, the inquest opening was told Olivia's heart had stopped prior to her arrival at the hospital. The St Margaret Mary's primary school pupil was killed after a gunman burst into her home while chasing 35-year-old Joseph Nee, who had himself run into the house to escape after noticing Olivia's mum, Cheryl Korbel, open the front door, reports the Liverpool Echo today.

Gerard Majella Courthouse heard that police were called to reports of a shooting on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, at around 10pm on Monday, August 22.

Mr Rebello said: "Armed response officers attended and a nine-year-old girl was discovered with a gunshot wound to the chest. Police officers scooped and ran with Olivia, and